Friday, May 4, 2018

...rid of craving and without clinging, ...study text, and the understanding of right words....
-  24.352. Dhammapada



1
swallows nest on the word "CREATE"
this word
as bird.


2
I know the word for insect, kyoshi.
patronizing.
kindness for a hole
you thought...
I did not.
i know you know when i speak slow
you're so good...
that is, what is, superior.

3
old shiba wagged at me
he knows
I've thrown my lot in with him.


4
waking at four
tanukis in the garbage
loon sounds round them.


5
yellow
yellow
blue
due
to
brown
brown
ground.

6
lotus root
field soot
grape must
smudge
smut
on corn
and barley


7

moth on subway step
kept moving
wouldn't fly
I tried
it died
underfoot.